"We got to do a conference call. There's 18 Jews on there with a speakerphone And they go, Yeah, bad news. We reviewed the special again, we'd like you to take out the Muslim joke.' I go, Oh, why?' And [they] go, Well, the last time a comic did a Muslim joke, we got bomb threats."
"I was like, Okay, okay, I don't love it, but okay. I will take it off on one condition: I want you to admit on this call they're a dangerous people. You gotta admit it, or I'll post again.' I mean, I'm half joking, he said."
"We're all signaling, we're all virtuous, but you don't actually act that way, right? And I think this is a perfect example of that. Hey we're scared.' Why are you nervous? That's what I was getting at."
Mark Normand's stand-up special, None Too Pleased, faced controversy when Netflix executives advised him not to promote a joke about Muslims, citing past threats to comedians. Normand recounted a conference call where executives expressed concerns over safety, referencing previous incidents involving bomb threats. Although they did not want to cut the joke entirely, they preferred to avoid promoting it. Normand challenged the executives to acknowledge their fears, highlighting a disconnect between public virtue signaling and private apprehensions.
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